ESPN Fires Harold Reynolds

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He'll be with FOX by the end of year.

 

With Gammons out, I have no reason to watch Baseball Tonight. Bullshit.

 

Echoes my thoughts exactly.

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Reynolds was accused of sexual harassment

 

Associated Press

Posted: 55 minutes ago

 

NEW YORK (AP) - Harold Reynolds was fired by ESPN from his job as a baseball analyst after he was accused of sexual harassment, the New York Post reported Wednesday.

 

The former Gold Glove-winning second baseman, a member of the "Baseball Tonight" team for 11 years, said he didn't do anything to warrant his dismissal and wants his job back.

 

"It was a total misunderstanding," Reynolds told the Post. "My goal is to sit down and get back. To be honest with you, I gave a woman a hug and I felt like it was misinterpreted."

 

The newspaper, quoting sources, reported that the woman is an ESPN employee.

 

On Tuesday, ESPN spokesman Josh Krulewitz said Reynolds, 45, made his last on-air appearance for the network Sunday night. ESPN refused to comment on previous reports that Reynolds was dismissed, or to provide any details regarding his departure.

 

"All I can say is he is no longer working here," Krulewitz said.

 

Reynolds, who played 12 major league seasons, joined ESPN in 1996. In addition to his work on "Baseball Tonight," he also covered the College World Series and the Little League World Series.

 

ESPN already was dealing with the loss of another baseball analyst, Peter Gammons, who has been off the air since he was stricken with a brain aneurysm on June 27.

 

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/5815012

[Brett Favre 0]

Nevermind, it's been posted.

 

If it's because the A-Rod thing, ESPN is really stupid. Well, that's not new, but still.

[Vern Gagne 0]

Even if this time was a misunderstanding, how times did he get away with doing or saying something worse?

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Deadspin posted the story of Mike Tirico's sexual harrassment case that got him suspeneded in 1992.

 

http://www.deadspin.com/sports/top/here-ar...week-191242.php

 

The first Tirico story involves him hitting on a woman and stalking her after a house party in fall 1992. The woman was a production assistant and "considered an up-and-coming talent," and Tirico went up to her at the party and said "you're the most beautiful woman in here." She walked away, but he kept following her around the party until she finally snapped, "Why don't you fuck off? Get away from me." As she and friends hopped in their car and pulled out of the party, Tirico stepped in front of the car and made the woman stop. "You're the most beautiful person I've ever seen and I think I'm in love with you," Tirico said. She tried to roll up her window and take off, but Tirico stuck his hand in and tried to wedge it between her thighs. She got away, and the next morning, when they saw each other in the ESPN parking lot, he walked up to her, and she expected him to apologize. Instead, he said, "all I did all day was think about you."

 

In another story, one female producer -- who had been to dinner with Tirico and his fiancee -- was startled to receive an email from him saying that he wanted to sleep with her. Later, when the staff went to a bar after a late night covering the NCAA tournament, Tirico approached her and said, "I wish I was single. If I were, I'd throw you on the table right here and fuck your brains out." After she tried to excuse him as drunk, he persisted: "I know you want to screw me. So let's leave." Later, he followed her on the highway and tried to get her to pull over, unsuccessfully.

[Guest Princess Leena]

I'm picturing Tirico look-alike Dames saying that, and laughing my tush off.

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Deadspin posted the story of Mike Tirico's sexual harrassment case that got him suspeneded in 1992.

 

http://www.deadspin.com/sports/top/here-ar...week-191242.php

 

The first Tirico story involves him hitting on a woman and stalking her after a house party in fall 1992. The woman was a production assistant and "considered an up-and-coming talent," and Tirico went up to her at the party and said "you're the most beautiful woman in here." She walked away, but he kept following her around the party until she finally snapped, "Why don't you fuck off? Get away from me." As she and friends hopped in their car and pulled out of the party, Tirico stepped in front of the car and made the woman stop. "You're the most beautiful person I've ever seen and I think I'm in love with you," Tirico said. She tried to roll up her window and take off, but Tirico stuck his hand in and tried to wedge it between her thighs. She got away, and the next morning, when they saw each other in the ESPN parking lot, he walked up to her, and she expected him to apologize. Instead, he said, "all I did all day was think about you."

 

In another story, one female producer -- who had been to dinner with Tirico and his fiancee -- was startled to receive an email from him saying that he wanted to sleep with her. Later, when the staff went to a bar after a late night covering the NCAA tournament, Tirico approached her and said, "I wish I was single. If I were, I'd throw you on the table right here and fuck your brains out." After she tried to excuse him as drunk, he persisted: "I know you want to screw me. So let's leave." Later, he followed her on the highway and tried to get her to pull over, unsuccessfully.

 

No wonder they always refer to it as the ESPN Campus, they're all a bunch of middle-aged frat boys. I'd really like to hear some Dan Patrick stories like this.

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Sexual harassment? That's borderline stalking, and Tirico was only suspended for it. Harry must've raped this girl on the salad bar.